■Summary of Changes ●Intellectual Property Service Convenience Enhancement
| Subject | Description | Effective Date | Real-time process of
partially-examined design applications | Examination period of a partially-examined design application to be shortened by prompt examination
Formality / classification examination period will be shortened to the level of accelerated examination period and set to examination immediately making it as real-time process of a partially-examined design
* In 2019: 60 days → In 2020: 10 days | January, 2020 | | Relaxation of formalities for patent & utility model specification | All the patent or utility model applications had to be submitted by a required form of specification but new amendment allows the specification to be submitted as it is without editing any publication (i.e. dissertation, research note, etc.) to meet the requirement of specification | March, 2020 | | Relaxation of renewal registration of duration for jointly owned trademarks | Renewal registration of duration can be applied by one of the owners
Applying for a renewal of a jointly owned trademark was inconvenient since all owners must apply it together but new amendment to the Trademark Act makes the process of renewal simple | October, 2019 |
●Early Rights Support for The Fourth Industrial Revolution Related Areas
| Subject | Description | Effective Date | Online transmission
SW protection enforcement | Only offline retail distribution of software-related invention in a recordable media (i.e. CD or USB) has been protected but an amendment to the Korean Patent Act will come into effect to protect the patent-containing software regardless of the online or offline retail distribution | March, 2020 | Expanded scope of
expedited appeal examination
for Material, Parts, and Equipment companies | Trial on invalidation or Trial to confirm scope of rights in which material, parts, and equipment companies* involved as one of the parties will be available for expedited appeal examination
* Companies belonging to the special act on competitiveness enhancement (passed on December 27, 2019) of material, parts, and equipment industries | January, 2020 | Expanded scope
of Expedited examination
system for design applications | Design applications related to the Forth Industrial Revolution (AI, IoT, etc. ) will be included in the expedited examination system | January, 2020 |
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